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Scientists Discover A New Form Of Ice — It's Square

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Almost all ice, from the ice cubes in your freezer to the hoarfrost seen on this glass, has the same hexagonal internal structure. It's why snowflakes have six arms. But the ice that scientists detail in the journal <em>Nature</em> is unlike anything seen before. (iStockphoto)
Almost all ice, from the ice cubes in your freezer to the hoarfrost seen on this glass, has the same hexagonal internal structure. It's why snowflakes have six arms. But the ice that scientists detail in the journal Nature is unlike anything seen before. (iStockphoto)

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